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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your character's title⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to play Mesmer and someone told me that your clones don’t get your title, so I stopped using titles. Not sure if that’s even true. But now I’d get decision paralysis if I tried to pick one!

  But if I did pick, I think some came from guild wars 1 achievements and the hall of monuments. I liked those ones

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks interesting. I didn’t really like convergence when I tried it, and the randomizer wasn’t as fun as I hoped for me.

  It says it’s easy to install too, even on Linux. Anyone done so?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamepad for Linux Gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s the one I have. They don’t make them like they used to. The Logitech controller I had in like 2008 lasted for ten years. The new one’s right shoulder button stopped working after like two.

  The good news is they honored their warranty and sent me a new one for free.

  But then the left joystick stopped going all the way up+left.

  But then honored the warranty again! That one is still kicking.

  So the lesson is: keep your receipt if you buy Logitech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Protests erupt at Rockstar Games offices accusing GTA 6 developers of “Union Busting”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s capitalism for you. The owners get all the profits. The people doing the actual labor get a salary, which is as low as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a bit ridiculous that our government would sooner use Discord than a federated social media alternative⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like a simple site with RSS, or a web forum if you really need interactivity, were all pretty much hammered out 20+ years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your favorite case of a game making fun of you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s that bit in Baldur’s gate 2 where some NPCs decide they can take you on, die, and then reload the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm both people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hated how the office I used to work in kept the cold air blasting. I had to wear layers in August. And because of how bad the building’s HVAC was, it was still warm on the other side of the office.

  I bring this up whenever people suggest working in the office is more productive. Being physically uncomfortable is not good for focus, Jeff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Catholic Priest Charged Over Calls to Bomb Mosques and Shoot Muslims in Neo-Nazi Chatrooms⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this, why do so many racists argue that they’re not racist?

  I think because they have a simple, shallow, understanding of the world.

  They believe racist is bad. But they don’t really know or accept why.

  They believe they are a good person. Axiomatically.

  Thus, they cannot be racist because racist is bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where is modern Punk?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s hard to break into the mainstream when the mainstream is increasingly owned by rich assholes. They have a lot of influence over culture. Not total control , but enough that many people who might have found punk instead brain rot through their day in Spotify or tiktok or whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How new is your computer?

  I found Pop!_OS worked out of the box fine on my new desktop.

  Mint had problems, but worked fine on my older computers.

  Back up any important software (like, on a separate drive or online). Get a couple flash drives. Try out mint, popos, bazzite. They’re all free so it doesn’t matter that much if you don’t like one.

  I don’t recommend trying to dual boot on one drive because windows is a rude room mate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Time to repeat my topical story.

  I worked for a startup that prided itself on being “data driven”. They’d talk about how other startups were doing stupid things because they followed their feelings instead of data.

  One day in one of those all hands meetings, the CEO was taking questions. Someone said, “Studies are showing that four day work weeks are more effective on like every metric. Can we look into that?”

  The CEO said "No, we’re not doing that ". Didn’t read the linked studies. Didn’t entertain it at all. His mind was made up, and the data was irrelevant.

  Because he doesn’t really care about data. He cares about feeling smart and irreverent. He cares about being seen as a cool disruptive startup guy who’s going to grind his way to success.

  The dishonesty makes me want to puke.

  But you know what also makes me sick? All the sycophantic boot lickers that would gather round and tell him his every idea was great. The people who would work unpaid long hours to “get shit done”. Bunch of fucking wormtongues who would sell out their coworkers for crumbs.

  Maybe he was a real person once who really did care about data. But by the time I met him, he was an empty suit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The money isn’t the whole point. It’s also about control and emotions. Management wants to feel a way and they’ll pay for it. And/or make you pay for it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Generative AI is a societal disaster⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes I feel like everyone who would care already knows , and everyone who doesn’t care won’t care no matter what the facts say.

  You could prove definitively that LLMs summon demons that eat live babies, and they’d shrug and dismiss it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s with the weird censoring of the post metadata? Do we not want to credit the original poster for some reason?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone noticed these new spam techniques used by music channels on youtube?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve enjoyed bandcamp’s writeups. They seem to be written by real people.

  I also sometimes peruse the “who else bought my favorite album this month?” listing. Find some gems and wild cards there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No One Wants A $100 GTA 6, Analysts Say⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think most people don’t have much impulse control or long term planning. They’ll buy it at full price despite having a backlog of other games

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1d4-1 is 0 to 3. Sorry, not the point.

  One factor might be location. I’m in a major city.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you mean exactly? If you think some people are just innately attractive and that’s immutable and unattainable, that’s nonsense.

  Easily changed stuff like a better haircut, better fitting clothes, a better photo, all go a long way.

  I’m a very average guy with a wardrobe of thrift store finds and band tshirts. I’m not even 6’ tall. But I did try to whole-ass engage with every potential match instead of doing bullshit like chatgpt or copy-pasted ice breakers.

  Also a real fast way to be unattractive is having an ugly worldview. Most people aren’t going to like someone who treats them like shit. Someone who has a genuine conversation and shares interests will go farther.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I started buying music in 2015 (mostly Bandcamp) and I have no regrets. I have a big library now of drm free music. Some months I spend nothing and still enjoy music, without ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For a while Microsoft was the King of PC stuff. How come they didn't just cozy up to the PC but had to do the XBOX and pretty much lose their ass with all the cash grabs?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just assume big businesses are run by idiots.

  If Microsoft had their shit together, they could’ve made something like Steam. That’s just printing money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And they mocked me for my WoW subscription 😗⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw Castle Rat in Brooklyn the other day (great show) and it was like $25 + $10 of bs “fees”.

  I don’t see many bigger bands anymore because the tickets are more than double that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  to meet the man she’d spent the last three weeks opening up to.

  First off, don’t chat for three weeks before a date. That’s a terrible idea. You’re going to build up a faulty model of who they are and then be jolted when you meet them in real life. Which is exactly what happened here.

  Second, to all the people using chat gpt, I don’t know how to say this nicely but fucking git gud. What a bunch of sad sacks that can’t have a conversation, can’t read a wikipedia article, can’t even try their honest best.

  a workaround for what he sees as the coded jargon of modern dating. “Like, what do you mean ‘What’s my attachment style?’” he balks. “Every girl on the apps has this thing about ‘love languages’ – it’s just gibberish

  Is it though? Take five minutes to read about it if it’s so ubiquitous. What a sack of shit.

  I’m a pretty average guy and I was getting 1d4-1 dates per week just by matching with people and asking them out. You really don’t need to do more than be genuine, present, and interested in them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  None of the guys at my old job liked lae’zel. I think because she’s kind of mean. I’m like that’s what I’m here for. I don’t want some pushover passive aggression like shadow heart, and karlach is fine I guess, but lae’zel making people lick her boots is the shit. I’m not even into being dominated but I do like women with agency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Finnish Prime Minister Calls for Four-Day Workweek: More Time with Family⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of a thing from work that I think about pretty often.

  I worked someplace that prided itself on being “data driven”. They put stuff on the company tshirts like “Data > Feelings”. Real pretentious shit, but they seemed to pride themselves on making reasonable decisions based on facts and evidence. They’d made fun of other companies for doing stuff based on the whims of CEOs.

  One of the many articles came out about 4 day workweeks being beneficial for everyone involved. At one of the company meetings, someone brought it up and asked the CEO if we could look into it. He just said, “We’re not doing that.” Didn’t ask to read the article. Didn’t look at data. No discussion. Just a snap decision: no.

  People are emotional creatures and many of them are stupid, too. Stupid and spiteful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RUMOR: 'The Future of Xbox is Software Publishing' as Next Console Generation Faces Doubts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think Microsoft makes great decisions. They’re not as bad as Google, but it doesn’t seem like they deliver what users want.

  They’ll probably spend billions on AI when users would rather just have a cheaper longer lasting device. But they gotta make maximum money, I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's a good answer to placate the c-suite if you're accused of lacking motivation and being unfriendly?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No one would go if they weren’t getting paid.

  I don’t know I’ve met some boot lickers that would work for free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vampire Survivors-like Megabonk makes megabucks, selling a million copies in 2 weeks, and currently has more daily players than Borderlands 4 on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep forgetting borderlands 4 even came out. I guess I block most ads, but none of my friends have even talked about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t imagine what I’d even want the “Ai” to do in the browser.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox consoles are now getting a fullscreen Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ad at boot, just a day after a 50% price hike was announced⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can turn that one on desktop off, btw

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently Vanguard has a whole proxy voting system that I left on the defaults!